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Supply Chain Risk assesses the various sources of external threat to the supply chain, including environmental, geopolitical, economic and technological.

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ISBN: 9780749471101

Edition: 1st Edition

John Manners-Bell clearly describes the evolving risks to supply chains and how multinational corporations should be dealing with them at a strategic level. He examines the lack of supply visibility which puts businesses at risk and includes case studies of best practice, as well as citing examples of when and how things go wrong.

Each case study describes a company's supply chain and production/ sourcing strategy; a description of the catastrophic event which occurred; consequences to supply chain and management response; material losses incurred and resultant changes to company supply chain strategy.

Contents

01 A framework for understanding risk

An analysis of supply chain threats

The severity of threat

Understanding the causes of supply chain disruption

External risk categories

02 Engineering supply chain resilience

Preparedness and strategies for response

Business Continuity Management (BCM)

Offsetting the risk of business interruption

Case study of resilience: how does Cisco manage risk?

The role of flexible technology in supply chain resilience

The role of government and commercial companies

03 Industry sector resilience to supply chain threats

Automotive

High tech

Consumer goods/retail

Food

Fashion

Pharma/healthcare

04 Natural disasters, climate change and pandemics

The impact of natural disasters on supply chains

Climate change

Pandemics

05 Economic risks to the supply chain

Demand shocks

Currency fluctuations

Supply shocks

Industrial unrest

06 Societal risks to supply chains

Fair labour

‘Conflict-free’ minerals

Environmental practices of supply chain partners

Food shortages in developing countries

07 Terrorism and security

Risk and security in air cargo supply chains

Sea freight security

Conclusion

08 Corruption in the logistics industry

Why is the logistics industry so prone to corruption?

‘Anti-bribery, anti-corruption’ legislation

Most corrupt markets

Freight forwarding and Customs corruption

Customs corruption in the EU

Dealing with corrupt Customs officials: WEF best practice

Smuggling and Customs corruption

VAT fraud schemes

Cracking down on customs corruption

Freight forwarding, airlines and cartels

Unofficial tolls and crossing controls

Allegations of corruption in government

Contract negotiations

Major defence logistics corruption in Afghanistan

Humanitarian aid logistics corruption

Organized crime in transport operations

09 Cargo crime and piracy

What is cargo crime?

Theft from trucks and warehouses

Combating vehicle-based cargo crime

Cargo crime in North America

Cargo crime in emerging markets

Theft from airports

Conclusion

Cyber threats to supply chains

Piracy

Conclusion

10 Conclusion

References

Further reading

Index

Author(s)

John Manners-Bell is the founder and CEO of Transport Intelligence, a leading supplier of market solutions to the global logistics industry. He is Chairman of the Supply Chain Council of the World Economic Forum and advisor to the UN and the European Commission.

Prior to establishing Transport Intelligence, he worked as an analyst in consultancies specialising in international trade, transport and logistics.